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The Wrong Marianne LP by Marianne Pillsbury
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12 tracks | 41 minutes
Released Feb 2004
on Average White Girl Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Supersize lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Supersize lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Supersize
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:59 Layaway Girlfriend lyrics BUY MP3 02:59 Layaway Girlfriend lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:59 Layaway Girlfriend
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 Unintentional lyrics BUY MP3 03:33 Unintentional lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 Unintentional
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 The Wrong Marianne lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 The Wrong Marianne lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 The Wrong Marianne
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Smart, cynical, punky alterna-pop-rock: Liz Phair and Juliana Hatfield take The PIxies on a raucous road trip and pick up hitchhiking members of Luscious Jackson and The Go-Go's along the way.
Editorial review
New York-based singer/songwriter Marianne Pillsbury cobbled together her first full-length album from a self-released EP from 2001 with a handful of more recent tracks. The resulting disc, The Wrong Marianne, is an occasionally enjoyable but largely unsatisfying essay in frank "chick rock." Using Liz Phair as an obvious template, Pillsbury devotes every thought in every song to a derivative sort of feminism: Guys are thoughtless and crass, but let's keep them around for the sex. The notion is a winning one in places, but Pillsbury's single-minded pursuit of it becomes tiresome and predictable; she even goes so far as to (unintentionally?) name-drop Phair's "Fuck and Run" on the cut "Sweater." Highlights include the promoted single "Boo Hoo," the moderately catchy "4-Year Coma," and the curious "Objects in the Mirror," whose wiggy scratch guitar guides the verses beyond the limitations of jangle pop. With a voice reminiscent of Juliana Hatfield's thin timbre, that jangle pop style suits Pillsbury nicely, but the obsession over one topic (as expressed in "Layaway Girlfriend," "Yeah, baby, I just wanna get laid") keeps The Wrong Marianne from being an exceptional display of Marianne Pillsbury's talents. ~ Joseph McCombs, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
What if Liz Phair had written lyrics for The Go-Go's? What if Juliana Hatfield had joined The Pixies? What if Courtney Love and The Beach Boys had a "sassy surf rock love child"? Buy The Wrong Marianne LP and find out!
**Top 12 DIY Pick in PERFORMING SONGWRITER MAGAZINE November 2004*
**Best Alt/Rock Song in THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST 2004 for "Boo Hoo"**
**"Boo Hoo" selected for inclusion on ROCKRGRL Magazine's Discoveries 2005 compilation CD**
Jon Pareles of THE NEW YORK TIMES says:
"On her debut album, 'The Wrong Marianne,' Marianne Pillsbury is as frank as Liz Phair and as tuneful and upbeat as the Go-Go's, dissecting romantic disasters and then bouncing back with lighthearted choruses. She's as tough as she is irrepressible."
BEHIND THE MUSIC:
Marianne Pillsbury was formed in the 1970s in Portland, Maine.
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